Feature Name (see definition): Kyffin, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 8316

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 83° 48' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 171° 38' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -83.8

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 171.6333333

Elevation (see definition): 1670

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1949

Description (see definition): A distinctive reddish-brown mountain, 1,670 m, with a sloping spur extending 4 mi to the N, at the extreme N end of the Commonwealth Range, projecting into the E side of Beardmore Glacier and rising precipitously above it. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (BrAE) (1907-09) and named for Evan Kyffin-Thomas, one of the proprietors of the Register, an Adelaide, South Australian newspaper. He was a traveling companion of Shackleton's on the voyage from England.

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